Garment hanger



Feb. 11, 11. G. KRANTZ GARMENT HANGER Filed Jan. 30, 1940 Patented Feb..1 1, 1e41 2,231,128

PATENT OFFICE Y o. HANGER Gustave Krants, Milwaukee, Wis. ApplicationJanuary so, 1940, Serial No. 318,451 1 Claim. (or. 211-106) Thisinvention relates to brackets and sup- The aforesaid bracket is providedwith a horiports and more particularly to. a combined gar- -zontallydisposed bearing 8 formed thereon by ment hanger and shelf support.stamping the material outwardly, said bearing One of the objects of thisinvention resides being provided to receive a horizontally disposedUNITED s1" in the provision of a hanger adapted to be relug 9 formed onthe upper end of a substantially 5 movably'disposed on a door, window orthe like L-shaped rod [0 the lowermost member ll of without the use offastening elements or tools. which preferably extends outwardly on ahori- Another object of this invention resides in zontal plane toaccommodate a plurality of garthe particular manner inwhich the rod issupment hangers (not shown) and, where a shelf 0 ported on the bracket.indicated at II in Figure 4 is to be supported 10' A further object ofthis invention resides in from a window, door or the like, two or moreof the particular manner of securing the rod to the hangers are arrangedin alignment on the the bracket so as to prevent dislodgementtheresupport therefor. of from its bearing. a In order to preventaccidental dislodgement A still further object of this invention residesof the lug 9 from the bearing 8 and maintain the in the provision ofhanger adapted to beused rod in rigid suspended relation on'the bracketa in multiple to form a shelf support. boss I! is stamped outwardlyon'the bracket with these and other objects in view this inso as toengage an offset rtion l4 formed on"' vention resides in the certainnovel features or the rod beyond'the lug l thereof.

construction and arrangement of elements to be The bracket 0 has itsinner surface prefer- 20 hereinafter more particularly set forth in the,ably covered with a felt or other similar pad I! speciflcatlomillustrated in the accompanying to prevent scratching or marring thesupport for drawing and pointed out in the appended claim the same. and,while this disclosure depictsmypresent con- In Figure 5 is shown aportion of the rod 6 ception of theinvention, the right is reserved tohaving its lowermost portion ll corrugated as 25 resort to such changesin construction and arindicated at il.

rangement of elements as come within the scope With this invention fullyset forth it is'maniof the claim. I fest that a hanger is provided whichcan be In the accompanying drawing forming a part readily adapted foruse as a garment hanger of this application: or shelf support andthrough the simplicity of 30 Figure 1 is an edge view of a door or thelike construction thereof it can be vmanufactured showing the hangersupported thereon. cheaply and readily in operative posi- Figure 2 is afront view thereof. tion without the. use of tools or fastening ele-Flgure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the ments. bracket per se takenapproximately on line 3-4 What I claim and to protect by letters 35 ofFigure 2. Patent is:

Figure 4 is a front view showing two hangers A hanger consisting of ahook-shaped bracket, used to supp rt a shelf. I a horizontal bearingformed-on the outer surface F 8 5 l8 B Side View 01 8 P n 0! the of thebracket, a substantially L-ehaped rod 40 showing its lowermost portioncorrugated. having its upper end oiiset. a horizontally 11 40 In hePresent embodiment 01 invention posed lug formed on the offset end ofthe rod the numeral 5 designates, in general, a hanger seated in thebearing, an outwardly extending which consists of a bracket I formedfrom sheet boss formed on the bracket and the metal or other suitablematerial bent to form on'set portion of the rod and a pad on the inner abill 1 adapted to engage the upper edge of surface of the bracket. 4

a door. window or other similar ledge to remov- GUSTAVE KRAN'I'J. ablysupport the same.

